Jeffrey Jaffe, Novell's new chief technology officer, has become the latest Linux executive to try his hand at blogging.
Jaffe launched his blog Monday with a 2,700-word posting that derides Microsoft products as "bloatware," discusses the difficulties he faced years ago trying to drum up software company support for IBM's OS/2 operating system, and offers opinions on why things will be different for Linux and open-source software.
It's tough being a high-ranking Linux blogger, though. Martin Fink, head of HP's Linux operations, threw in the towel for his blog, and Red Hat's former CTO Michael Tiemann hasn't posted since June 2005.